"It's gonna be tough, it's gonna get hard, it's gonna get brutal at somestage. And when it does I'm gonna take over. The fat guy's gonna get him.

Things got heated at the press conference (Image: PA)

"If I hit him with the same left hit I hit Ilunga Makabu with he's going to be asleep for a lot longer than 10 seconds.

"I understand I'm going in with a very fast, dangerous, world class-gifted fighter. But, he has a very short time span on how long he's that good for. And I believe I'll see out that time span and see the best of it.

"You can only lie to yourself so much, and the closer the fight gets the more fear I see in his face. He's not prepared."